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Re: The new Super Car
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 6 Aug 1999 00:32:53 GMT
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starrwarss@aol.NOMORESPAMcom
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But that is false advertisement in a few senses.
Hydrolics involve a liquid, correct me if I'm wrong but that is where the
HYDRO comes from.
Also, in the pics, they show sparkles in the hydrolics, giving a false
impression.
This is just like the pirate cannons. They show pictures that have the
shooting model and you get the non-shooting model.
KGB AgEnT #4 OUT AKA Clint Rutkas
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: The new Super Car
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| (...) Sure, but some of the sets say that they're spaceships, and I'm pretty sure none of those are actually functional. But I agree - in a technic set, one expects the descriptions to be more about functionality and less about flash. I was (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: The new Super Car
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| Actually, it involves a fluid, not a liquid. Might seem like semantics, but by the scientific definition gases are fluids. (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)
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| (...) Wrong-o. Sorry to be flameish about this, but generally speaking (approximately) four states of matter are accepted: solid, liquid, gas and plasma. Liquids and gases have fairly distinct differences having to do with the degree of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Darn Those Definitions
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| (...) but (...) and (...) -Obviously. However, in my dictionary (Columbia), "fluid" includes both gases and liquids, and "hydraulic" says "moved or operated by a fluid". Now, I completely agree that "hydraulic" _ought_ to mean "moved or operated by (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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